Sale 21JJ01 | Lot 71

[AMERICA-HUNTING] RUTLEDGE, ARCHIBALD. Old Plantation Days.

Catalogue: Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[AMERICA-HUNTING]  RUTLEDGE, ARCHIBALD. Old Plantation Days.

Lot Details

Lot 71
[AMERICA-HUNTING] RUTLEDGE, ARCHIBALD. Old Plantation Days.
Cumberland, MD: The Eddy Press, [1905]. First edition, signed by the author on the verso of the frontispiece. Quarter green cloth over grey boards, spine titled in gilt and front board titled in black. 8 x 5 1/2 inches; 160 pp.; frontispiece. Board and spine extremities lightly toned and rubbed, one corner bumped, rear board with three small pale spots, front hinge starting, rear hinge cracked; front endpaper, frontispiece and title page foxed.
A signed copy of Rutledge's scarce first book, reportedly published in an edition of only 500 copies. This book and the 1921 Rutledge work published by Frederick A. Stokes also titled Old Plantation Days are different works.


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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

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Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 10am EDT